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FAMILY I. 



CORALLINES, Lamour. Cor. Flex. 244. 



Articulated Corallixis, Ellis. Corall. 45. Coralline, Pall. 

 Elench. 418 : Corai-li.va, Lin. Syst. 1304 : Soland. Zooph. 108. 

 Les Corallines, Cuv. Reg. Aniin. iii. 30o . CoraludejE, Gray, 

 Brit. PI. i. 339: Coralusad^, Flem. Brit. Anim. 513: Calci- 

 PHTT.E ou CoRALLixEs, BlaiTiv. Man. 545 : Les Corallisinees, 

 Risso, I'Europ. Merid. v. 321 : Alg^ cum calce nascestes, 

 Schzseig. Beobacht. tab xi. and Handb. 436: Cor * lline^, LinA-. 

 in Ann. des Sc. Nat. n. s. Bot. ii. 326. 



Chakactee. 

 Frond rooted by a crustaceous basis, ramose, confervoid, 

 contracted at regular intervals so as to appear jointed in a 

 moniliform manner, composed of an interior fibro-membrana- 

 ceous axis, covered with a crust of carbonate of lime : Fruc- 

 tification — ^granules contained in tubercles near the extre- 

 mities or in the axils of the branches. — Marine. 



